Female soldiers of the Bardales Battalion fix their hair as they get ready on an early foggy morning

Female soldiers of the Bardales Battalion fix their hair as they get ready on an early foggy morning for urban warfare training, near Nitzanim in the Arava area of Southern Israel, on July 13, 2016. Formed in 2014, the Bardales Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces, composed of 50% female soldiers, and assigned for future routine security along the Jordanian border in central Israel. These soldiers are from the second draft of the battalion. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90